I overall enjoyed the first book in this series -- One Reckless Summer -- but there was a lot about it that frustrated me, largely that the male protagonist was not a character I liked very much. I also had an issue with the dialogue in the previous book -- internal dialogue was fine, but when the words were actually spoken, well, it was hard to believe anyone would actually talk like that. I therefore picked this one up with a little bit of hesitation. Happily, none of those issues existed with this installment. Although I found Rachel Farris a little annoying in the beginning, I could understand her concerns about coming back home and why it would make her react in some of the ways she did. And Mike Romo seemed a bit too much of a hard-ass at first, but that also became explainable. The chemistry between them was good, and even though their first, um, encounter was beyond predictable (SPOILER ALERT: a concession stand that locks in such a way that only someone from the outside can let you out?), once you got past that, it was more than ok. And the ongoing attraction and tension was written well. In fact, of the romances I've read recently, I thought this was one of the better ones in terms of building a relationship in a slow and believable way, even with the family feud dynamic. (Which I liked quite a bit, I have to say.) One of my problems with the male lead in the previous book was that he seemed so, well, simple, that I halfway expected to read about some kind of traumatic injury in his past. For the most part that didn't come into play here, but I have to admit, there were a few times in the flashback scenes in the Edna story that brought me right back to that. Thankfully, though, it was only a few times. All in all, I was a lot happier with this book than with the first one -- and am looking forward to #3 even more. Beautifully written story. I wasn't too sure if there was going to be a 5 star at first but towards the middle, I realised that this was a gem. I really did think Mike was a douche at the beginning but as the story progressed, I came to appreciate the reasons why he was the way he was and I loved his relationship with the lead female. I also loved the love story between Grandma Edna and Grandpa Romo that unfolded - I was also doing my girl power dance when I found out how she got the orchard. This was an amazing story, I've had my eye on it for a while and I'm glad that it was a really good one.
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Fun little romance, rated R for sexual content. Good summer escape series.
—pato
actually liked this book about Rachel and Mike better than Amy and Logan.
—book_goddess
